"Lumiere is a biennial light festival centred in Durham City that has been running since 2009. Organised by Artichoke Creative Trust in London, it is the UK's leading light festival with dozens of installations from renowned International artists and local artists alike, dotted around the city. Entrance to the festival is free; certain areas are ticketed, with a small ticketing fee to aid crowd management."
"Some of my personal highlights of Lumiere 2025 were Sign, by Vendel & de Wolf from the Netherlands, an installation located outside the Durham University Waterside building, a blazing fire with flames reaching up into the air. FluoreCycle by Hannah Ayre, a UK artist, was a striking work comprising 70 lit-up bicycle wheels suspended above the street, reminiscent of colourful street bunting."
Durham is a historic city in north-east England in County Durham, easily reached by train from King's Cross in roughly three hours and close to Newcastle. Lumiere is a biennial light festival centred in Durham that has run since 2009 and is organised by Artichoke Creative Trust. The festival features dozens of installations by international and local artists, mostly free to view with some ticketed areas for crowd management. Thousands attend even in wet weather. Notable 2025 installations include Sign (a towering fire outside the University Waterside building), FluoreCycle (seventy lit bicycle wheels), and Elysium Garden (giant illuminated blooms by the Cathedral).
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